Non-operative breast pathology

Non-operative breast pathology: apocrine lesions.

Apocrine metaplasia is a very common finding in the female breast after the age of 25. It is so common that many people regard it as a normal component of the breast. This, however, is only really the case in apocrine sweat glands of the axilla and in the peri-areolar apocrine glands. The apocrine cell does, however, contribute to a number of different breast lesions, some of which are very tax...

W3: Intra-Operative Imaging and Brain Pathology

The Intraoperative MRI is of great importance in the surgical removal of gliomas or cranial base tumors. However, the sole use of a intraoperative MRI is problematic, so that a dual system has been developed to optimize the utilization of the equipment, which can be used both for neurosurgical patients and for outpatient or stationary Patients. Within the framework of the new head Center at the...

Pathology and operative strategy.

Benefits of Either Operative or Non-Operative Treatment for Perilunate Dislocation and Fracture Dislocations

Dear Editor We read the article by Bagheri et al with great interest (1). We found the study interesting and comprehensive as four groups of patients, including operative and nonoperative in either pure dislocation or fracture dislocation, were compared in terms of Mayo wrist score, Grip strength, range of motion and radiographic parameters. It seems that the results were comparable to studies ...

Pathology of the Breast

FIBROCYSTIC CHANGES (FCC) are a group of alterations in the female breast ranging from harmless to those associated with an increased risk of breast carcinoma. Some of these changes (stromal fibrosis and microcysts or macrocysts) produce palpable lumps. FCC are in essence an exaggeration and distortion of the cyclic breast changes that occur normally in the menstrual cycle. Traditionally, these...